Excess Credit Hour Surcharge

Yes, graduate courses are included in your Excess Credit Hour counter if they are being used towards your baccalaureate degree. Credit that is only used for the graduate degree will be excluded.

Your Excess Credit Hour counter is determined after completion of a review of your incoming transfer credit and a determination of what is applicable to your declared major or degree program. Since you do not have a declared major, almost everything or everything will count. Once you declare a major, any additional credits that can apply towards the major will be determined and added to your Excess Credit Counter.

When you elect to change your major, the baseline will not be increased unless the new program requires more credits to complete than the previous program. Courses attempted at UCF for the previous major will not be excluded.

If you have transfer credit, it is possible that your new major selection will change which courses are degree applicable. Transfer course that are now degree applicable will be added to your counter, and all transfer credit previously determined to be degree applicable will remain.

The baseline will not be increased for a double major or double degree. It is possible that the student will exceed the baseline and be required to pay the excess hours surcharge prior to graduation. If both majors/degrees are awarded in the same term, the credit hours required for the 2nd major/degree only will be waived.

The baseline will not be increased for a minor. It is possible that a student will exceed the baseline when pursuing a minor in addition to the coursework for their major and will be required to pay the excess hours surcharge

All UCF courses count towards Excess Hours.

If you graduated with a double major/degree and exceeded the excess hours baseline, the credit hours required for the 2nd major/degree only will be waived. Student Account Services will issue any refund due, generally by the end of the following term.

If you enrolled at UCF as a First Time In College (FTIC) student, incurred excess hours fees, and graduated within 4 years of initial enrollment, up to 12 credit hours will be waived. Student Account Services will issue any refund due, generally by the end of the following term.

No, there is no application needed. After all degrees for the term are awarded, the Registrar’s Office will review any double major/degree graduates who incurred excess hours.

No, there is no application needed. After all degrees for the term are awarded, the Registrar’s Office will review graduates who are eligible for this refund.

Data in your excess hours counter does not include future term enrollment. Your excess hours counter is updated at the end of each term’s drop/add deadline to reflect new term enrollment.

No, the Registrar’s Office cannot tell you since we have to wait for the excess hours counter updates at the end of each term’s drop/add deadline.

After the excess hours counter has been updated after the drop/add deadline each term, you will receive an email from the Registrar’s Office informing you to check your excess hours counter.

Second bachelor’s degrees are not excluded from the Excess Credit Hour law. However, since most second bachelor’s degrees only require the completion program prerequisites and degree requirements, you most likely will not incur excess hours fees.

Yes, if you are also pursuing a bachelor’s degree, an Undergraduate Certificate is considered a complementary program to your bachelor’s degree. The classes for a certificate do count towards excess hours.

Yes, any credits attempted at another institution after you have started at UCF are included in your excess hours credit counter. This includes courses taken in a concurrent enrollment program or as a transient student while still enrolled at UCF.

Yes, any credits taken at another institution after you have started at UCF are included in your excess hours credit counter. This includes courses taken as a study abroad student while still enrolled at UCF.